Irregular plural forms
Sometimes you do not just add the letter –S .This is a list of some irregular plural forms.
Complete:
a) The vowel sounds change:
man→ men
woman→ ---------------
foot → feet
tooth→ ---------------
mouse → mice
louse→ -----------------
child → ----------------
b) Some words do not change at all:
sheep → sheep
fish→ -------------
means→ ----------
species→-------------
series→ --------------
c) Words ending with –f→ - ves:
wife → wives
calf → --------------
leaf → ---------------
thief → ------------
life → -------------
d) Words ending with –o →-oes:
hero → heroes
potato→-------------
tomato→ -----------
e) Some have a Latin plural form:
cactus→ cacti
larva → larvae
f) Words ending with –on → a
phenomenon → phenomena
g) Words ending with –is→ -es
crisis → crises
thesis→ theses
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